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On Corporations and Linux (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by marmalade@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've seen a lot of posts about the Red Hat situation, and it made me want to talk about something I've been thinking about for some time.

Personally, I think Linux is inevitable. It's only getting better, and eventually there will be no real reason to use something like Windows. As a result, there are going to be distros that are going to be heavily dictated or influenced by large corporations, but that's fine. It's very similar to federation. If Microsoft does something shitty with Windows, you don't really have a choice but to deal with it, or to move to a similarly closed competitor. With Linux, that changes. You might have WindowsLinux or something like that, and Microsoft could put in all the insane telemetry, but only people who specifically need what Microsoft would offer will use it. Everyone else can just use the upstreamed code, and/or remove the telemetry - remember, it's open source. The big thing here is how much control any single company can have. For all the FUD that was/is pushed about systemd, what we've actually seen within the Linux ecosystem is that it's robust. Other distros still function perfectly well using systemd alternatives, with minimal if any feature loss. Even if a major part of the Linux system starts going haywire, it's always possible for the community to create an alternative or a fork, without losing the surrounding work.

None of this is the case with a closed source system. That's the beauty of open source. I think people get very scared at the ideas of corporations being involved, but corporations being involved is essentially why Linux is currently as viable as it is for end users. Hell, personally, I stopped using GNOME because of its seemingly user-hostile attitudes. I jumped to KDE which is only getting better, and seeing increasing user numbers for the same reasons I left GNOME. That's a good thing. FOSS gives people the ability to move away from toxic platforms and shitty choices, so I think everyone needs to just take a deep breath and calm down.

We're good.

AMD Screws Gamers: Sponsorships Likely Block DLSS by marmalade in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Shitty, but it’s not like NVidia didn’t do more and worse.

I’d prefer it if AMD wasn’t doing this shit, but I’ll probably be sticking with them as long as their providing a quality Linux experience.

what is the best privacy distro? by marmalade in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on what you mean for security/privacy. You can use Tails or whatever and have everything encrypted and then just be logging into your Facebook account on Chrome without an ad blocker.

Most Linux distros are secure enough for the average person who isn’t being targeted by some crazy state level actor. If you’re particularly concerned stick with a distro that has a security team like Debian. As for privacy that has more to do with the sites you browse and have accounts with but obviously avoid Google (I just use Firefox instead of Chrome) use an adblocker like ublock origin, along with maybe something like decentraleyes.

Some musings on defederation, free speech, censorship, astroturfing, and community by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Create a set of rules, hold people to them, and enforce them fairly and impartially. Bans and defederation should not be for people whose opinions you don't like - it should be reserved for people who cannot communicate in any meaningful / respectful way. Spammers, and trolls basically.

You choose what instance you are on. Quit the pseudointellectual whining. by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah except it's more like a room full of thousands of normal people and you saw two Nazis playing with each others' dicks in the back so you started calling the room a room full of Nazis.

this instance is aging like milk by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Literally where? I've been browsing fairly regularly for at least the last week or so and haven't seen anything even slightly Nazi-ish.

Also the internet is not a physical space, the way the work is not the same.

this instance is aging like milk by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

Overtaken? Where? I'm subscribed to like the most popular subs in this instance and I haven't seen anything even slightly related to any of this shit at all.

FYI, lots of users are polling to defederate sh.itjust.works by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Lmao this is the perfect reason for why de federation should be a last resort. Imagine being led around by the nose by random trolls with 10 minutes worth of effort.

When the Wagner group turns around to fight Russia by marmalade in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It's good for Ukraine in the context of the war. You don't have to approve of the group itself. Also, who cares if they're fascist? They're already bad enough just from their actions as a PMC group.

Walgreens pharmacist cites religion in denying meds to trans man by marmalade in c/usa@lemmy.ml

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

I think it's one thing if the pharmacist just quietly handed off the task of providing the prescription to someone else who was there to keep things moving, but what seems like the attempt to deliberately obstruct was well over the line.

I am thinking about switching from Windows to Debian 12 Bookworm by marmalade in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Do stable, use Flatpaks for anything you need to be newer. It works well.

FYI, lots of users are polling to defederate sh.itjust.works by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Hard disagree. If people are following the rules, they should be allowed to exist.

FYI, lots of users are polling to defederate sh.itjust.works by marmalade in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] marmalade@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

Then you'll always be led around by the nose by people you don't like. Block, move on. Be an adult. Other people don't need to decide on what everyone else can see. If you don't want to see it, you won't.